International Competition Jury at 11th Odesa International Film Festival Announced!
The International competition jury at the 11th OIFF will be headed by the Canadian composer Howard Shore, a former Academy Award, Grammy and Golden Globe nominee.
Howard Shore is a three-time Oscar and Golden Globe winning composer, whose credits include The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Saturday Night Live, most films by David Cronenberg and several by Martin Scorsese (The Aviator, Gangs of New York), plus Seven, Ed Wood, That Thing You Do! and The Silence of the Lambs. He has been in the business for over 40 years and written the score for numerous Hollywood films. Shore was one of the founders of NBCâs âSaturday Night Liveâ back in 1975. He directed some of the sketches and starred as an actor and musician. He wrote his first film score for âI Miss You, Hugs and Kissesâ in 1978. He became a full-time film composer in 1980. Howard Shore used the score to create a symphony he then toured the world with.
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The Icelandic actress and theatre director Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir started out as a saxophonist and singer for the Risaeðlan/Reptile pop band. At that point, she believed music would become her career. She later became involved in acting, as a means to tell stories reflecting peopleâs experience. She graduated from the Iceland Drama School in 1995 and has been the leading actress of the municipal theatre in Reykjavik. Apart from that, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir also stars in film and on TV. She starred as the protagonist of âWoman at Warâ, the opening film of the 9th Odessa International Film Festival.
Armenian-born French actor and director Serge Avedikian studied at the Meudon Conservatoire (France), following which he created a theatre company. He started his career as a theatre, film, and TV actor in 1979, began shooting documentary films in 1982 and working on short films eight years later. He went on to establish his own film studio in 1988. Serge Avedikian received the Palme dâOr at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 for the animated short film âBarking Islandâ. He starred as the protagonist of the 2013 biopic âParadjanovâ, a Ukrainian, French, Armenian and Georgian co-production. The film received the âGolden Dukeâ as the Best Ukrainian Film at the 4th Odessa International Film Festival. He is currently working on the feature film âLast Round in Istanbulâ.
Joana Ribeiro is an emerging Portuguese film star. She came into worldwide fame after playing the part of Angelica in Terry Gilliamâs âThe Man Who Killed Don Quixoteâ. She began her career on Portuguese TV. Following a successful debut, the actress was nominated for the Portuguese âGolden Globeâ for the role of Mariana in âDancinâ Daysâ. She starred in the leading role in the 2015 series âAt an Uncertain Timeâ. She then took up film projects, starring in Valeria Sarmientoâs âThe Black Bookâ and Antoine Fuquaâs âInfiniteâ.
Larysa Rusnak is a Ukrainian theatre, film and voice actress, a leading actress of the Ivan Franko Kyiv National Academic Drama Theatre, Honoured Artist of Ukraine. She also collaborates with the âActorâ theatre, where she starred in W. Gibsonâs âTwo for the Seesawâ and A. Nikolaiâs âA Toy for Momâ. She has starred in over 60 films and series. Larysa Rusnak has played in âThe Father-in-Lawâ, âThe Right to Protectionâ, âAsh of the Phoenixâ, âStolen Happinessâ, âBourgeouisâ Birthdayâ, âLove Onlyâ, âFallingâ. She was awarded the silver medal of the National Academy of Art of Ukraine for considerable achievements in culture and a significant contribution to national art.